DISCUSSED: life's relentlessness continues apace; Cash enjoyed Dan's modified Godfather trilogy; celebrating Lil' Inappropriate Books; a terrific recent use of "Layla"; some Inside Baseball talk about a recommended app segment; then, for the balance of the episode, your hosts start diving into Dan's exciting new acquisition and how best to put to good use.

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Posted on 13 January 2021 | 12:00 am

DISCUSSED: Merlin looks at a shelf and then, for some reason, discusses it; walls and Japanese beds and jokey-sized dishwashers all benefit from wheels; life is different when you live on a boat; it's important to find the right tool for the job; some people see forests, while others see trees; Merlin performs his very good Gordon Ramsey impression; Merlin also performs his very good David Lynch impression; in Follow-Up, we learn the extremely unsatisfying reason Personal Requests weren't working on a HomePod; there is discussion of the power of Siri alongside frustrations with its poor documentation; interesting bugs are discussed; your hosts explore the similarities between good documentation and good recipes; weird comic book feet are explored; tips on good media your hosts are enjoying; and, finally, there's some rapid-fire app and scripting recommendations.

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Posted on 5 January 2021 | 9:30 pm

DISCUSSED: Making a problem go away is not the same thing as solving the problem.

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Posted on 29 December 2020 | 8:30 pm

DISCUSSED: The generational struggle to understand things we can't understand, dealing with other people, and Star Wars.

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Posted on 22 December 2020 | 9:00 pm

Sometimes, no one can see the ball—let alone reach the ball.

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Posted on 15 December 2020 | 8:00 pm

DISCUSSED: Habits, cycles, and patterns of thinking. Why it's difficult to rehearse success—but surprisingly easy to rehearse failure.

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Posted on 8 December 2020 | 8:45 pm

Discussed: the paths of thought and emerging from a rut the size of the Grand Canyon.

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Posted on 1 December 2020 | 9:15 pm

DISCUSSED: From Jerry Lewis to a drinking bird in a scant 80 minutes.

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Posted on 24 November 2020 | 7:30 pm

DISCUSSED: lot of projects going on!; praise for Nicki Minaj; some recent TV shows that are important to your hosts; Merlin is a little obsessed with a new Mac productivity app; interrogating problems with deliveries and porch pirates; vehicle theft can be very confusing; and, finally, some insight nobody asked for into Merlin's ambitious new hardware project.

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Posted on 17 November 2020 | 9:00 pm